A Very Blessed Day

Yesterday was an exciting day for us as we blessed Katherine. We had most of our family there, and three of our closest friends there and a non member couple that we have come to love. The blessing we amazing, Jon did a really good job. Let me tell you there is something very emotional for me as I watch my sweet husband take our children in his arms as he is surrounded by men in our lives that we love and give her a name and a blessing. I am so grateful for the power of the priesthood, and the reverence and honor that each of those men give it.After Sacrament most of us headed to our house for dinner. It was so nice to be surrounded by friends and family. We had so much fun catching up with everyone. Here are a few picture of the day, enjoy!!Micah kissing Katherine's feet.

Isn't this little boy super yummy??

My Super Cute Boy.

This is what he does when you ask him to fold his arms.

I know that I have been absent from blogging for a few weeks, but I will make it up to you with lots of pictures from our adventures over the last few weeks!!

Nickname, Dr. Appointment And A Cute Boy

Since pretty much everyone who left a comment on the last post wanted to know about her nickname, I figured that I would just post my thoughts.

When Jon and I come up with names, we try to be super careful. The main cause for this is because we have such a difficult last name and one that some people find fun in making fun of(not a lot of people, but there are a few). We just feel like the easier we make the kids names the better it will be in the long run. We also look at the possible nicknames that will come about as a result of naming them certain names, because of that a few of our favorite choices got hacked from the list. We(I really don't know how Jon feels about this, so I guess I should say "I") also happen to really like naming my children after family members, deceased or not!

For example, Brett's full name is Brett Robert. Brett comes from Jon's middle name and Jon's dad's name. Robert comes from My Fathers name, My Grandfathers name, Jon's Grandfathers name and Jon's Uncle's Name(we covered both families on that one).

Katherine Lucy. Katherine comes from the fact that both Jon and I have great aunts named Kathryn. I happen to prefer the spelling K-a-t-h-e-r-i-n-e, personally it looks a little more regal(I guess thats the word I am looking for). No offense to those who spell it with a 'Y', it just isn't my favorite spelling. Anyway and Lucy come from my middle name and my grandma's name.

Ok on to the huge question of nicknames.......I don't care what you call her as long as you don't call her: Kathy(I really don't like the name kathy) and, Kat(that is my nickname, and I don't share very well, ask Jon). Personally I prefer Kate, I love that name. Mikaela(my little sis) has asked that she be allowed to call her Kassie(which is my nickname from Mikaela) and I have granted the sharing of that nickname for her. As for the rest of you call her what you will, if it rubs me wrong I'll let you know :), fair?

We took Sis(She has been sis for so long to me) to the Dr. Office yesterday and she is looking really good. The Dr. offered a few tips to help with breast feeding that actually may solve some of the very same problems that I had with Brett. The most exciting news is that Sis doesn't have jaundice. Which the Dr. said for both parents having it when they were born, is pretty amazing. She has lost a little more weight, but that is to be expected. We go back for a check up in exactly a week, I have no doubt that she will be back up to birth weight plus some by then. Sis is sleeping about 3-4 hours at night, good for her but not so good for me. I usually wake up right before she does to feed her, gotta love nursing!!

Enough about Sis, her big brother is so silly. He has been having a hard time the last couple of days. He loves his sister to death, but he still struggles. On a funny note he was popping popcorn( they made caramel corn) with Grandma today. Well she turned her back for two seconds and he had managed to spill two gallons of popped popcorn all over the floor! Much to his enjoyment we had to pop some more corn.

This is what he wore today and we just can't get enough of how cute his is in this outfit!!
Sis and I came home to these, they are absolutely beautiful

Introducing.......

KATHERINE LUCY


Not really sure why we only have pictures of her when she is asleep. I will try to get some tomorrow of her wide awake.
This little boy loves to hold his sister, and smother her in kisses and squishes(hugs)
Sorry it took so long to get it posted. It took us forever to come up with a name combination that we liked!!

All The Happenings

Ok, so I want to post all of the happenings without the blood and gore(cause I know half of you care and the other half don't). I am also writing this down before I forget, so there may be a little too much info, but I will try to keep that to a minimum. Real quick before I get started, thanks to Jon for posting the pictures. You more then likely would not have gotten them until now if you had waited on me!! Anyway here we go!!

2am
I woke up to Brett crying, Jon took care of him. Had to go potty, noticed that I was spotting bright red blood(not a good sign, I was a little worried) went back to bed and started having contractions. Contractions were 5-8 minutes apart so I stopped counting.

3am
Woke up to find Jon still in Brett's room, went potty again, more blood. Found my pregnancy book and started to read what it had to say. Called triage at 3:03, waited for nurse to call back. Started counting contractions again for the heck of it, still 5-8 minutes apart. I felt like giving up.

3:45am
Still no call, called triage again, waited on hold for a few minutes. Discussed all of the details with the nurse, we decide to go in. Called a sister in the ward to come watch Brett. Then called mom and dad wierschke to fill them in so that they could pack and leave. Contractions are 4 minutes apart.

4:10am
Waiting in triage to get checked, I am so afraid that they are going to send me home. Part of me doesn't care, I don't mess with bright red blood this late in the pregnancy. Still I don't want to go home.

4:30am
I got checked and I was a 4-5cm the nurse was nice and said 5cm so that I didn't have to go home, we get admitted with the wise advice to "walk, walk, walk" once we get to our room! We get to our room and do just that, but only after they poke me 5 times and hook me up to a million tubes. Oh yeah the bright red blood mysteriously disappears.

5am-8:30am
We walk the halls constantly( it was so nice, they have wireless monitors that they can hook you up to and you can walk the halls all you want) Some of the nurses just laughed at us. I am not sure why but of all the women in labor, we were the only ones walking the halls. contractions are 1-2 minutes apart(it was nice to be on a monitor and not to have to count them on my own). Contractions hurt a little.

8:30am-10am
My feet were so swollen from walking the halls that we took a little nap to re-energize. Dr. checked us, we were still a 5!! I was getting so frustrated! The contractions are really hurting, why am I still a 5, 70% and a -3??

10am-1pm
Still walking halls, Jon and I know every little speck on the floor. We get checked again, no change. We start the pitocin, the nurse says that the magic dose of pitocin for most people is between 6-12 ml, guess we will see.

1pm-5pm
Still walking halls, I really think that one of the nurses thinks that I am crazy. She laughs every time we walk past, if I could only read her thoughts. Get checked again, still no change. Even our nurse is surprised. The pictocin is at 14ml and not working. I start getting really scared that I might have to have a c-section. The nurse is thinking positive thought for me and the med students even came up with a 'birth inducing' dance, not quite sure if that worked or not.

6pm
We are going to break my water and see if she drops. The nurse assures me that our chances are good. I trust her, she is great! But I wanted to get the epidural before they break my water, I know what the contractions will feel like after they break my water, plus anesthesia is super busy and I don't want to wait on them.

7pm
Anesthesia gets to our room and we commence placing the epidural between contractions, this takes FOREVER. Every time I have a contraction they take the needle out. For some reason this was more painful this go round then it was with Brett.

7:30pm
Epidural is finally in place and is just starting to work as the resident is breaking my water(she checked me before she broke my water, still no change), they also place the catheter (that hurt, only cause I was not completely numb yet). We have a change nurses and residents. My nurse informs me that they will not check me again until I "feel like I have to go poo"

8pm
Jon is napping and I am watching A Beautiful Mind. The catheter hurts every time I have a contraction, not quite sure why, but after the 4th contraction I wake Jon up to get the nurse. The nurse arrives just as we are paging her, perfect timing. I tell her what is going on and she pulls the catheter out, that really hurt. I don't think that the epidural is working really well, I can feel EVERYTHING. Just them the resident comes in, she immediately checks me, we are 10cm and not waiting. She barely has time to get a gown on, forget about breaking down the bed. 16 minutes later and 4 pushes was all it took. I could feel everything, we don't think that the epidural had time to kick in, I don't think I will wait as long next time(16 hours with out an epidural is pretty good). We did good!! All I got was 2 stitches, not bad at all, and recovery is going great, we get to go home tomorrow morning!!

Her Stats are: She arrived at 8:16pm and was 7lbs. 1oz., 18 1/2in and tons of black hair(all of the nurses think that she looks like me)!!


So that is kind of the play by play, I am glad that it is over!! Sis, is a sweet little girl and barely cries! Brett has even taken a liking to her too!! I know you are all anxious to find out what we are going to name her, and I just wanted to let you know that she still doesn't have a name and that the hospital is equally anxious(they have stopped by twice today)!! Check back tomorrow for her name, seeing how I can't go home until I have one!! I was going to post pictures and video of sis and her big brother, but they are on grandpas camera and so I will work on that tomorrow after we get home!! Thanks for all of the love and support!!

New Post - New Addition

Here are a couple of pictures. More pictures and details will come later. For additional fun, compare her pictures to her brother's newborn pick a couple of posts below. Can you see the similarities?

The Love My Boy Has For His Mommy

We have been going for a walk every night, hoping that we can speed things up with sis. Since I am still typing this from the comfort of my own home, I am a little skeptical about this method. Anyway every night Brett has picked me a flower that look like thisOr thisLast night it hit me, while I and many others think of these 'flowers' as a nuisance. Brett sees them as a way to show his mommy that he loves her, even if she isn't perfect. That boy sure does know how to make my day!!

Brett's Birthday Party and More

This post is going to be mainly of pictures and a few comments for those who could not be here for Brett's big day.

We had a small celebration with Dad over the phone on Brett's Birthday, so here is a picture of his little b-day cake with candles, of course(candles are the new interesting thing)!
The Ice Cream cake that I made him for his party on Saturday.
With candles(note: I couldn't resist putting more then two candles on his cake, but it is two of every color).
As a kid we would always put streamers on the fan and turn it on. Brett loved it!
Playing with they tractor(it had lights and sounds).
Enjoying the Cake.
Who can resist Oreos and Ice cream?
The other tractor that I bought for the cake that didn't fit!
Pop Rocks!! This kid loves them, and I love watching him eat them!
A container for all of his millions of crayons.
I love crayola color explosion/color wonder, the markers won't write on anything but this special paper.
Puzzles.
Flashlight=Big hit!!
My personal favorite, LUMPY. I think it is one of his favorites too.
Mr. Potato head. I always wanted one as a kid and now Brett has one. It has given us countless hours of entertainment already.
Sand box toys. Good thing the park has a sand box.
A water bottle that dad got for Brett at his conference, Brett affectionately calls it his sippy.
Little lights also from the conference, big hit!!

Other then the craziness of last week, we are currently sitting at home enjoying each others company and counting contractions. I am not too worried, if she doesn't come this week on her own then we are going to induce her this weekend. The blog and all who read it, will be the first(actually second, family first) to know of her arrival. Even though facebook is easier to update, I promise that my blog gets first priority(we have been together longer)! My dr. appointment went well last week and we are progressing beautifully, so literally any day now. My last dr. appointment is on Thursday so we will see what this little one is up too, hopefully we will miss the appointment. Man, I love wishful thinking! Until then, we are just waiting!

3 Days left (give or take a few)!!